Direct uptake of soil nitrogen by mosses

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 286-288

  Ayres, Edward ^a,d   Van Der Wal, René ^b   Sommerkorn, Martin ^c   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric nitrogen deposition; Bryophytes; Moss; Polytrichum alpinum; Racomitrium lanuginosum; Soil nitrogen uptake

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOSS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL NITROGEN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; MOSS; PLANT ECOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; WATER TRANSPORT;

BRYOPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 33745323195     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0455     Document Type: Article

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